craquer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French craquer, from Middle Dutch kraken (“to crack, crackle”), from Old Dutch *krakōn, from Frankish *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack, crackle, shriek”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“to crow, shout”).
Cognate with Old High German krahhōn, Old English cracian. More at crack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁa.ke/
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Verb
craquer
- (ergative) to split, to break
- (organic chemistry) to crack (petroleum)
- (intransitive) to crack, to creak, to crunch
- (informal, intransitive) to give up, to break down, to crack
- (informal, followed by pour) to fall for, to become infatuated with, to yield to, give in to, fall in love with
- Elle est vraiment belle. J'ai craqué pour elle.
- She's so beautiful. I've fallen in love with her.
- 2017, Bastien Vivès, Une sœur, Paris: Casterman, →ISBN, page 88:
- Je te le dis. Toutes les petites meufs vont craquer.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of craquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | craquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | craquant /kʁa.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | craqué /kʁa.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | craque /kʁak/ |
craques /kʁak/ |
craque /kʁak/ |
craquons /kʁa.kɔ̃/ |
craquez /kʁa.ke/ |
craquent /kʁak/ |
| imperfect | craquais /kʁa.kɛ/ |
craquais /kʁa.kɛ/ |
craquait /kʁa.kɛ/ |
craquions /kʁa.kjɔ̃/ |
craquiez /kʁa.kje/ |
craquaient /kʁa.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | craquai /kʁa.ke/ |
craquas /kʁa.ka/ |
craqua /kʁa.ka/ |
craquâmes /kʁa.kam/ |
craquâtes /kʁa.kat/ |
craquèrent /kʁa.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | craquerai /kʁa.kʁe/ |
craqueras /kʁa.kʁa/ |
craquera /kʁa.kʁa/ |
craquerons /kʁa.kʁɔ̃/ |
craquerez /kʁa.kʁe/ |
craqueront /kʁa.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | craquerais /kʁa.kʁɛ/ |
craquerais /kʁa.kʁɛ/ |
craquerait /kʁa.kʁɛ/ |
craquerions /kʁa.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
craqueriez /kʁa.kə.ʁje/ |
craqueraient /kʁa.kʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | craque /kʁak/ |
craques /kʁak/ |
craque /kʁak/ |
craquions /kʁa.kjɔ̃/ |
craquiez /kʁa.kje/ |
craquent /kʁak/ |
| imperfect2 | craquasse /kʁa.kas/ |
craquasses /kʁa.kas/ |
craquât /kʁa.ka/ |
craquassions /kʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
craquassiez /kʁa.ka.sje/ |
craquassent /kʁa.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | craque /kʁak/ |
— | craquons /kʁa.kɔ̃/ |
craquez /kʁa.ke/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “craquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.